“Well, Mr. Commissioner, you are only fueling my fears that you are following the roadmap Canada followed—that this is all a bait-and-switch situation.”

The FDA proposed the anti-menthol measure as a way of reducing the total number of smokers, and also to encourage the general trend of reducing tobacco consumption.

Senator Burr went on to explain how marijuana is way under-regulated, as the federal government hasn’t provided any instructions to the 33 states that legalized medical marijuana.

He also warned the FDA not to think that this issue is going to slide by and followed it up with a threat along the lines of “we won’t let the states do what they want to do anymore”, only slightly more politically correct.